This blog has been sitting in the draft folder for over a week. I needed some time to think about what I've written. I've rewritten parts of it because as always, we worry about being criticized. Many adults find it hard to talk seriously about sex to their children or other adults, so I felt the need to be honest and not piss everyone off. The rule of thumb that I … [Read more...] about When and How to Talk to Your Kids about Sex
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Giving Your Kids Unconditional Love
Refer to the Seven Most Important Fathering Skills for previous blogs. Unconditional love should have been in my list of seven most important fathering skills, but in life, new ideas (or old ideas in this case) come along and surprise us. It was while watching my son and daughter-in-law working with their children (4 and 18 months) that I remembered how important this skill … [Read more...] about Giving Your Kids Unconditional Love
Listen to Your Children–They Speak a Foreign Language
Just like adults, children don’t always say what they think. They either shade the truth or act out and expect us to understand what they are saying. For example, when children are tired they usually don’t say they’re tired and want to go to bed, they get fussy, scream, cry, and any number of other things. This happened a week or so ago after I took my four year old … [Read more...] about Listen to Your Children–They Speak a Foreign Language
Disciplining Older Children
The most important thing is for parents to establish good discipline when children are young. That sets the tone and lets children know you mean business and it will be much easier to discipline them when they are older. There may be some who read this who have meant will, but didn't go a good job of disciplining their children when they were younger. Don't feel like it's too … [Read more...] about Disciplining Older Children
Admit Mistakes
One of the most important things fathers can do to get the respect of his children is to admit when he is wrong. The old saying, “Do what I say, not what I do,” was never correct and was something parents used to get their children to do what they wanted and continue to misbehave themselves. … [Read more...] about Admit Mistakes